Swift Creek Mine (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as HA003

Where: Hamilton County, Florida (30.4° N, 83.0° W: paleocoordinates 30.7° N, 80.5° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Statenville Formation, Early/Lower Clarendonian (12.5 - 9.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the FMNH

Primary reference: C. Pimiento. 2014. Carcharocles megalodon unpublished collections from Natural History Museums around the world. [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento/C. Pimiento]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 161374: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 04.09.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Artiodactyla indet.
Chondrichthyes
 Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis serra
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Rhizoprionodon sp., "Galeocerdo contortus" = Physogaleus contortus, Carcharhinus sp., Negaprion brevirostris
Rhizoprionodon sp. Whitley 1929 sharpnose shark
"Galeocerdo contortus" = Physogaleus contortus Gibbes 1847 requiem shark
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 requiem shark
Negaprion brevirostris Poey 1868 lemon shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo aduncus
Galeocerdo aduncus Agassiz 1835 tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
"Isurus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis
"Isurus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon
UF 232627-232633, UF 232744-232745
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis sp.
Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810 whiptail stingray
Actinopteri
 Perciformes - Sparidae
Archosargus probatocephalus
Archosargus probatocephalus Walbaum 1792 perch-like fish
 Acanthuriformes - Sciaenidae
Pogonias cromis
Pogonias cromis Cope 1869 black drum
 Acanthopteri - Sphyraenidae
Sphyraena sp.
Sphyraena sp. Artedi 1793 barracuda
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Pliohippus pernix, Calippus sp., Cormohipparion occidentale, Hipparion sp., Pseudhipparion curtivallum
Pliohippus pernix Marsh 1874 horse
Calippus sp. Matthew and Stirton 1930 horse
Cormohipparion occidentale Leidy 1856 hipparionine horse
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
Pseudhipparion curtivallum Quinn 1955 hipparionine horse
 Artiodactyla - Gelocidae
Floridameryx sp.
Floridameryx sp. Webb 2008 ruminant
 Cetacea -
Scaldicetus sp.
Scaldicetus sp. Du Bus 1867 toothed whale
Reptilia
 Crocodylia -
"Gavialosuchus americanus" = Thecachampsa sericodon
"Gavialosuchus americanus" = Thecachampsa sericodon Cope 1867 crocodilian
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Hesperotestudo sp.
Hesperotestudo sp. Williams 1950 turtle
 Testudines - Emydidae
Pseudemys sp., Terrapene sp.
Pseudemys sp. Gray 1856 cooter
Terrapene sp. Merrem 1820 box turtle
 Testudines - Kinosternidae
"Kinosternidae indet." = Kinosternoidea
"Kinosternidae indet." = Kinosternoidea Hay 1892 mud turtle